Wireframing tools for Designer and Developer
Wireframing is a crucial step in web design and development as it allows for rapid prototyping and helps to pinpoint potential problems early in the process. It can be invaluable to have a visual representation of content, hierarchy and layout.Wireframes make it easier to communicate ideas, reduce scope creep, cut down on project costs (due to fewer design revisions later), and enable greater upfront usability and functionality testing.
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Being a web designer is not easy. Not only do we need to have a good understanding about visual design, typography, information architecture, psychology and a plethora of other disciplines; in our work, we need to take care of so many details, so that our job becomes more and more time-consuming, requiring dozens of tools, attention span and an effective workflow for beautiful, timely and functional results.And this is where small time-savers become handy. Be it a handy checklist, batch installer, dummy image generator or converter from Excel spreadsheet to HTML — all these things can save us a couple of minutes every day, making our work easier and more efficient. And this is why we keep collecting them for Smashing Magazine’s readers. Whether you like lists or not: this one will probably help you find those little nuggets out there that will help you avoid headaches and stress. Below we present useful time-savers for web designers.
Read MoreView Comments48 Examples of Excellent Layout in Web Design
Beautiful graphics and colors are great and play a big part in web design, but most would agree that the backbone of a solid user experience is the layout. After all, what good is all of the eye candy if one can not easily read and digest the content. There is nothing better than opening a perfectly organized and readable website – a page where the layout invites you to browse the site’s
Read MoreView CommentsDesign Better And Faster With Rapid Prototyping
The old adage, “a picture speaks a thousand words” captures what user interface prototyping is all about: using visuals to describe thousands of words’ worth of design and development specifications that detail how a system should behave and look. In an iterative approach to user interface design, rapid prototyping is the process of quickly mocking up the future state of a system, be
Read MoreView Comments10 Features to Look Forward to in WordPress 3.0
WordPress 3.0 is scheduled to be released within the next 30-60 days. There are some great new features coming, including custom post types, a new default theme, and a menu manager. Read on to find out what to expect in version three! 1. Choose your Username and Password You’ll encounter new features as soon as you start! Currently, when you first install WordPress, you are assigned a
Read MoreView Comments17 Fresh Web Tools for Working with Colors
olor is a design tool that sets the tone, theme, and mood of a visual project. The colors you use greatly impacts how your design is perceived by its viewers.Below are some handy web tools to help you choose the perfect colors for your designs. This post follows up on a Mashable post published close to three years ago called "COLORS TOOLBOX: 20+ Tools For Working With Colors," which you
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